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The women, they go out to buy new spring clothes, it's a cost lots of money. And the men, they buy a straw hat and change it to short underwear. But this weather, I'm a love mama mia, because it's so much like our weather in a Castellamari. Also, people look more friendly now that the icy cold is gone away. This morning before breakfast, I'm a walk in the street, I'm a smile at everybody and everybody's a smile at back under me. I think we all congratulate each other that we was alive through the winter. And in Chicago it was really cold. People was having nosy colds, chest colds, lumbago, back colds, I had the colds. It's like everybody was trapped in a deeper phrase. But now what the difference? Everybody is a spring clean and a dust and a mop and a wipe and a mop. Mama mia, you know in America it's wonderful, it's a country always got a new advancements. Well, for the spring cleaning, American woman has got a greatest invention in the world, the husband. But I'm a feel too happy to spring a cleaner. I'm a feel so light and free. I'm a feel like a greeting everybody today with the joy. There's a Mrs. Pellegrini, she's a person of my story. Hey, Mrs. Pellegrini, come on, come inside of my store for a little bit. Well, sure. Good today, huh? I'm a feel of good today. It's a spring. Hot the dogs. Does it smell something or cooking? No, no, no, no, forget it. How's Mary on a little twins? Oh, Mary's fine. And the twins, Louise, you should see that, Angelo. He's going to grow up to be another an Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln? How do you know this, Mrs. Pellegrini? Well, it's so many pennies that kiddies are starting to look like a Lincoln. Oh, you look a little beautiful today, Luigi. What's the matter? You took two shaves, huh? No, no, no. You kind of blame it on a spring, Mrs. Pellegrini. It's just like my town, Castellamari. I'm almost to feel like I'm back there now. Like I was born all over again today. Good. Maybe you can come over. I'm going to give you a bath with the twins, huh? Ah, you know, Luigi, I'm a like of the springtime too. That's when I'm going to meet my Mario. Well, springtime is good for all things. Yes. So when you're walking through the market one day and all of a sudden I'm going to see Mario for the first time. Oh, he looks so beautiful behind the counter cleaning up fish. Luigi was a love on a first sight. He took a one look out of me and he dropped the fish. When he loved it, he's a black-eyed and he's a curly hair. I'm the red. Well, you know, that was a love, Luigi. Yeah, springtime is a good time for love. Yes. All that spring Mario was a comer to take him beyond. And every night we was a walk in a walk in a street holding hands like a two school kids. Always a walk in a, huh? Uh-huh. Of course, when we was a comer to a park, a bench, we stopped a little bit. Who walking that? Who walking that? He and us up in a Missa Pellegrina. That's what I always used to do in spring in my town. Who walk. And that's what I'm going to do now. Huh? What do you say, Luigi? Just a walk in a walk in a Missa Pellegrina. I'm going to go out tonight and take a walk. Now? What you said? Yeah, now by myself. I feel like, like a little boy that's got to run out from his cage in a fly, fly, fly away. And Luigi. What? I'm going to think that bird is a little cuckoo. Well, mommy, I'm, I'm, I'm got a wonderful idea. It's attacking me back to Castellamari in the spring. I remember how, how I'm always used to go walking. Once I took Uncle Pietro's goat and, and we was about to run away for two days. Then the goat began to miss his girlfriend and he's pulling me back all the way home. Well, today I'm going to feel like, I'm going to feel like to go away from everybody. Isn't that that I'm going to love them? He's just like, like it was a back home. And, and you understand that. I'm a talker to nobody, just to walk. He's an hour ten o'clock and from an hour to six I'm going to be like, like, like a little boat in the ocean and I'm going to go wherever the wind is a push me. Oh, he's a wonderful. Uh-huh, I'm talking about a wind already. I'm beginning to feel a drat. Luigi, my friend. Hello, Luigi, hello, hello. Oh, hello, Pascuali. What are you writing there, a little pumpkin ahead? Oh, just a letter, Pascuali. You know, you know, a letter to my mom. That's nice. Hey, Luigi, I come to ask you a little favor. A favor? Yeah, I got a little spring cleaning to do around in my spaghetti palace. I need somebody to help out. There ain't much. Just to paint up the tables, clean up the fixtures, hold the good wife and shine up the silver. You know, odds and ends. Pascuali, it looks like your odds is not going to end. Oh, come on, Luigi. I'm even going to help you out. How's that? No, Pascuali, I'm sorry, but I'm not going to be home today. Ah, where you going, Luigi? You don't look so good. You going to see a doctor? It's your tonsils, I know. Don't tell me they already grow back in one month. No, no, Pascuali, why is it nothing like that? I'm going to feel wonderful. It's just that it's a spring, and I'm going to have a funny feeling in my stomach. My heart doesn't feel light, and my head doesn't feel like it's floating up on a cloud. Ooh, Luigi, you better put a rocks in your pockets before you fly away to Capistrano. Oh, Pascuali, I don't expect you to understand how I'm feeling. Who don't know? Luigi, I'm a human, too. This awareness affected me just like anybody else. What, it does, Pascuali? Sure. When I see a little robber in the building he's the next time I'm happy for him. And when a sparrow digs up a worm or a nightingale sings, I feel all of these things. Luigi, I might not show it, but I bet if you look into my brains, you find a little bird. Don't believe me, eh? Well, sure, sure, I'm a believer, you Pascuali. You got a real bird of the brain. That's a funny thing. When I'm a sailor, it's a come-out-of-different. Well, if you don't mind it, Pascuali, I'm going to get the ready. What's your hurry? You're making a big thing out of something everybody's got, the spring of fever. Spring of fever, but I'm going to get the temperature. No, it's a knot in the head. That's in the heart. What's the cure for this spring of fever? Spring of chicken. Spring of chicken, what's that? My daughter, Rosa. Pascuali, that's no chicken, that's a turkey. Luigi, is that a way to talk at a time like this? You know the slogan, in a spring a fancy young man is a turner to love. Pascuali, I'm going to want to love. I'm going to get the ready, then I'm going to close up my story and walk and walk. Walk? That's right. Whatever my feet is going to take me to the south side, the loop, the park, any place. I'm just going to walk and walk and walk. Stop. You came to Lake Michigan. I didn't want you to fall in. Oh, Luigi, you poor fella. I think the strain of living in America wasn't too much for you. Your tiny little brain is starting to cry out for help. Pascuali, why are you talking like this? Just because I'm a fee like a two-walker today? Is there something wrong with her walking? Oh, something if I remember correct. A couple of weeks ago, you left the store and two hours later, some green-horned boobies on the telephone are crying. Pascuali, please, you come and get to me. I'm a lost, but I don't know where. Yeah, but, mother Pascuali, this could have happened to anybody to get lost. Round the corner from where he lives? Yeah, but in the night time, my neighborhood had done a look at the same. But this time, I'm going to come back by six and not the yet the darker. Please, Pascuali, let me go. It's already 11 o'clock. I'm west of the one hour. All right, all right. Go, go. I see I'm going to stop you, but just do your countrymen a little favor. Take along the street the guide so I don't get a call from a police station in the middle of walking. Coming down, Pascuali. Luigi's here playing with the cops, sucking on an ice-cream cone. Who would have done a worry? But I'm going to take you to the street guide. It's a good idea. Come on, give me the guide. I'm going to put him in the pocket. Luigi, this guide, don't fit in your pocket. What? I'll call in the guide now. Rosa! Rosa! Rosa! You're my little compass. Rosa, say hello to Luigi. Hello, Rosa. Pascuali, I'm not going to take Rosa now, please. Let me pack him when I go. All right, all right. We know when we're not a one. Come on, Rosa. I don't like these ideas. Once a man starts to walk away, he'll have to stay away. Then who knows that we'll have to lost them all together. Walk is a more chance than 1949 to come in the back. I've got to stop for him. That's all there is to it. I think I've got a way. I'm opening the door. I'm closing the door. Hello? Schultz, this is Pascuali. I got some bad news for you about Luigi. Easy, Schultz, calm down. Relax. All right, get ready now. Luigi wants to run away from the hall. My daughter Rosa and my daughter Rosa said, Luigi wants to run away from the hall. That's all right. What's going to happen to Luigi? He's not that dumb. Now you watch it a star for a few minutes. Where are you going, Papa? In the street. I'm going to make sure all the manhole covers is a screwed-on tie. Gee, here's a suggestion that will make your daily work and your other activities more enjoyable. Every few hours, chew a stick of refreshing Wrigley's spearmint gum. The cool, long-lasting spearmint flavor is really delicious. And besides tasting good, it freshens your mouth and sweetens your breath. And then, too, the chewing itself gives you satisfaction. You seem to feel better and do things more efficiently when you're chewing on a good, smooth piece of Wrigley's spearmint gum. So keep Wrigley's spearmint chewing gum handy. Enjoy it at work. Enjoy it at other times, too. Get a few packages next time you go to the store. And now, let's turn to page two of Luigi Basko's letter to his mother-in-law. Well, well, Mama Mia, I'm still in the store and it's already twelve or thirty. I knew I should have left it right away ten o'clock and speak it to nobody. Like I used to do in a Castellamara. But now Mrs. Pellegrino Pasquale is making me a little scared. Well, I'm going anywhere, but I'm taking no chances, so I'm going to pack up some food. I'm going to suit the case with a four-bigger sandwich, two-quarter milk, three apples, five oranges, half a pint of cheese. And also, I'm going to take along a three-dollar cash, so I'm going to buy some food if I'm going to get hungry. And also, I'm going to put in a satchel, two wool of sweaters, a map of Chicago, plenty of socks, a hundred chips, underwear, and another jacket. I'm not going to get the loss, but there's no use to take any chances. Luigi, my fellow boob! Oh, hello, Schütze, goodbye. Hello, goodbye, Luigi. We are not meeting in a whirlwind door. Stand still for a minute and talk to me. Yeah, but only for a minute and I'm going to go. No way, Luigi. Where are you going? Oh, no, no, but when I'm going to get there, I'm going to keep on going until I get somewhere else. No, stop, Luigi! Oh, are you forshimmelt? No, look, Luigi, tell me the truth. I see that big suitcase. Are you going out west to dig for uranium? At... At the west of uranium? Yeah, yeah. Schütze, I'm just going to walk around till six o'clock. It's spring and I'm going to fly. Luigi, if you want to fly, you're only allowed 40 pounds. That suitcase looks like a hundred. Schütze, please, don't hold me back. The suitcases have got some food and a few little things. No, Luigi, I can't let you go. Pascuali says you're going to run away. Pascuali, he's crazy. I'm just walking. Just like I did in the Castellamari in the spring. Please, let me go. I'm going to want to be back by six o'clock. Oh, that's scheming, Pascuali. Ah, Luigi, now the whole thing is clear to me. You just want to go out, mix around a little and see how the other half lives. Schütze, for you know, let me go. I'm not going to be able to see how the other quarter lives. I'm sorry, Luigi. Well, you go on now. Goodbye. Be happy and smile. Mama mia's already one at thirty. Well, goodbye, Schütze. Goodbye. Luigi, what's this I hear? Oh, hello, Horowitz. Schütze called me and said you was leaving us. What's the matter? If it's money you need? No, no, thanks, Horowitz. Isn't that the money? That's nothing, Horowitz. I just talked it out with Luigi. He feels the call of spring in his young blood and he's itching to get out. So what's the suitcase for? In case it turns out to be a seven-year itch. Oh, my, Horowitz, I'm only joking. He's going to be back by six o'clock tonight. Is that true, Luigi? Yeah, is it true, true? Then I'll have to call Olsen, tell him not to bother coming down. Well, goodbye, Luigi. Take care and remember, cross only the green lights. Yeah, sure, sure. Don't try to be the taxi to the other side of the street, Luigi. They aim too good. No, I don't like the Schütze, Horowitz. No, I don't like the goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye, Luigi. Mama mia. Hello, Olsen. Olsen, don't stop him now. It's all a mistake. What? Luigi ain't running away, you see. He just wants to walk around town and see things. Oh, well, then. Anyway, I'm glad I got here in time to say adieu. I want to thank you, Olsen, and a friend. It's two o'clock. Please, can I have my go? Where are you going, Luigi? Come with us, Olsen. And just for a long walk. And now I'm going to know how long is it going to be. Well, as long as you are making a journey on foot through the city, you should make it a profitable one, educationally. You should visit the Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Art Institute, the Natural History Museum, the Science and Industry Museum, the Adler Planetary. Olsen, just tell him where the burlesque is. That's enough. Please, is it 2.15? All right, Luigi, we mustn't hold you back. Yeah, well, goodbye, Luigi. Oh, take care, Luigi. Oh, no, wait, I'm going to help you pick up the food chain. What have you got inside, Rosa? No, no, no, please, please, I should say, come on, Luigi, it's the western time, but give me a minute. All right, all right, I'm sorry, Luigi. Goodbye, Luigi. All right, have a good day. Have a good day. Have a good day. That's all. Don't run away. I know why you're doing it. Huh? I've been too angry with you in class. What? Oh, that's my fault, Miss Baldwin, but Horowitz called me, so I thought you might help too. Please, I'm no angry with the nobody. Nobody's angry with me. What? Come with just to want to walk in the street, just a tiny little walk. Is that all? Yes. End of redigulance. Yes, sure is. Well, then you can take this strawberry shortcake with you. Strawberry shortcake? Yes, I brought it thinking it could keep you here while I talked you out of leaving. Oh, but he can't take a strawberry shortcake with him. They would mess up his suit case. No, please, a friend is at three o'clock now. That's right, Luigi, it'll stick to everything. There's only one thing to do. I'm going into the kitchen and make some coffee. So after with the strawberry shortcake, we're going to make it a going away pot. Come on, my friend. I think that was our most delicious cake. I'm glad you liked it, Mr. Horowitz. Sure, Hor, there's nothing like a usey-storey, very shortcake to hit the jackpot. Well, you can say that again. Luigi, Luigi, you are so quiet. Say something. Is it 20 minutes to far? Come on, Luigi, why did you let us forget? I'm tired from a hollerin'. Well, you go on right now, Luigi. Certainly, Mr. Basco, I hope you have a pleasant war. Thank you. Luigi, will you do me a big favor, huh? What? What? What, Horowitz? I got a cousin on Adam Street. If you pass by, would you mind dropping off this wrist watch? I just had it fixed. All right. Here's his address. Don't lose it. Please, let me go. Otherwise he's going to get lost right in the store. Certainly, let him go. Goodbye, and God bless you, Luigi. Thank you. Oh, wait, wait, wait, Luigi, I just remembered something. What? Luigi, if you're going to walk west, you're going to pass by my house. Just step inside this and tell my wife, Frieda, to give you the full dress that I borrowed from her brother Wolfgang, yeah? I never go around there because I hate Wolfgang. It's in the clothes closet somewhere between the moths. Between the shoes. And when you deliver it to my brother-in-law, handed him down with the pants on top so he shouldn't see the ketchup stain on the collar. Well, is it there is something else? No, no, no, not at all. This is silly holding up, Mr. Baskow. This way. Goodbye, Mr. Baskow. Just go and don't bother saying goodbye. Luigi, are you back already? No, I'm not. I'm not done the go yet. Oh, that's terrible. But as long as you didn't the go yet, I got some people who want to say farewell to you. Come on in, guys. Come on, come on, come on. Where's it going to go back up to Italy? Now, Mrs. Bellagrin, I'm just going to go. I'm going to go for the walk. Please, please, I'm just going to take a little walk. Tindy, little, little walk, please. Now, Luigi, please, don't get mad. Now, remember, it's spring. Spring? Where have I heard that word before? Luigi, I'm going to surprise you on this going away party. Looks like there's going to be staying away party. Just so you should leave in a good mood and feel like in a Castellamari when you walk on around, I brought a Ralph from the Angeles he should sing you a song from the older country. Oh, no. No, he's a ten after the five. Come on, Ralph, when you don't, you push up your squeeze bags. Come on. Who doesn't remember who it is that's going to be? Who doesn't cry that's going to be? Who doesn't cry that's going to be? Who doesn't cry that's going to be? Who doesn't cry that's going to be? Hey, uh, but now I'm home sick. I'm going to feel like a goner. What? Don't talk like that, Luigi. You've got to go. You've got all of Chicago to explore. What about Chicago? My mummy is a five or thirty. Oh, this is silly. Let him go. All right. Are you going to let me go? Of course. Are you not going to stop for me? Anybody stops you is over my dead body. Oh, am I tempted? That's not the much of time I left. Go ahead. Go. All right. The shooter before I'm going to leave is safe and nobody's outside. Is it going to come in last a minute? All right. Himmel, look who is coming. And shut up your face. I'm going to go for sure. Goodbye. Goodbye, everybody. Mummy, I'm finally out the side. Five thirty. Oh, but it's dark. And it's a cold. Suitcases are feeling heavy. Oh, the cheese sandwiches. They start to smell. Mummy is running. I'm going to come back. Welcome home, my son. We missed you. I'm still going to this spring of fever. I'm still didn't fly out of my cage. But what's the worst? Pascuali is just sending the roses to keep me company. And that means that the cage is a planet crowded. But don't worry, mamma mia. Pascuali isn't going to stop me or make me do what he's wanted. Before he's tried. And he's said, Luigi, you've got a fever. And the roses have got a fever. How's about you two enjoying your fevers together? Pascuali, I'm going to take you to Penicillin. But that's not stopping me from trying to mama mia. Then he's going to say, Luigi, you want to travel around? Okay. I'm going to buy three tickets and a super chief. We're all going to take a beautiful trip together. Of course. I'm going to cannot resist this. So I'm going to say, Where to Pascuali? And he's said, Niagara's the Falls. What do you say, my son? I don't know. What do you think I'm a said to mama mia? Yeah, that's right. I'm a said to like, I'm all it was to say, Goodbye, papa. You're loving the son, Luigi Bosco. Hello, immigrant. Friends, the makers of Wrigley's Spearman Chewing Gum hope you've enjoyed tonight's episode of Life with Luigi. And they want to remind you that Wrigley's Spearman Gum is an ideal taste treat to enjoy between your meals. It tastes good, it's satisfying, yet it's never rich or heavy. It doesn't fill you up. What's more, chewing Wrigley's Spearman Gum aids digestion, so it's not only good, but also good for you. So when you're feeling a little bit hungry between meals, do what millions of other people do. Chew a stick of healthful, delicious Wrigley's Spearman Gum. It costs so little, tastes so good. And you can chew and enjoy it as long as you want. The makers of Wrigley's Spearman Chewing Gum will invite you to listen next week at this time when Luigi Vasco writes another letter to his mama Vasco in Italy. Life with Luigi is a Sy Howard production and is directed by Mr. Howard. Mack Menoff writes the script with Lou Durman. J. Carol Ash is starred as Luigi Vasco with Alan Reed as the squally, Jody Gilbert as Rosa, Hans Conrad as Schultz, Mary Schiff as disbalding, and Joe Porte as Horowitz. Ken Peters plays Olsen. Music is directed by Lud Guston. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.